We are delighted to announce the publication of DHNB Conference Proceedings, Volume 5, Number 1 (2023), within our newly established diamond open-access publication platform, Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications, abbreviated as DHNB Publications.

The latest installment, DHNB Conference Proceedings, Volume 5, Number 1 (2023), comprises a collection of 25 articles. This edition also features an informative editorial, featuring conference statistics and a personal note from the conference organizers, offering valuable insights into the overarching themes and achievements of the event.

From now on, the series DHNB Publications is published by the University of Oslo Library, Norway, and edited by Annika Rockenberger (University of Oslo) and Eetu Mäkelä (University of Helsinki). While the Board of the Association for Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries will serve as the Editorial Board and ensure solid regional and international anchoring. Additionally, individual numbers of DHNB Publications, with conference or workshop proceedings, will have guest editors.

We’re excited for your ongoing involvement with DHNB Publications, and we want to thank all the contributors, scholars, and institutions that have been instrumental in our success. Together, we’ll keep pushing for progress in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences.

Follow us on Mastodon!

Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries is now also on Mastodon.

What is Mastodon, you ask? Wikipedia says it “is free and open-source software for running self-hosted social networking services. It has microblogging features similar to Twitter, which are offered by a large number of independently run nodes“.

DHNB has found its home on the Fedihum node: Federated Digital Humanities, which is hosted by the Association for Digital Humanities in the Geman Speaking Countries (DHd). You can follow us @dhnb@fedihum.org.

For the #DHNB2023 conference, our social media team will publish content on our Mastodon and Twitter accounts. We use Moa to link our accounts and publish content in parallel. So, whichever platform you prefer, you can follow us and keep yourself up-to-date with everything #DigitalHumanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries and #DHNB2023!

How to join the party

Create an account on Mastodon. You can choose a node or instance that fits you best or join us at @fedihum.org. Search for @dhnb@fedihum.org and follow. For the DHNB2023 conference, we use the hashtag #DHNB2023. Tweet about presentations, show us your digital humanities research, and join our discussions and threads!

Program Online

We published the DHNB2023 conference program a while ago, but some smaller changes were necessary. You can check out the up-to-date program on our website or ConfTool.

Build your Conference Agenda

To build your personalised agenda, once you have registered for the conference, you can add the sessions you are interested in by clicking on the plus sign ⊕ in the upper right corner of each session.

Themed Tracks and Open Tracks

DHNB2023 is a themed conference centred around three aspects of Sustainability: Environment, Community, and Data. Many papers address these themes explicitly, while others focus more on methods and research objects. To help navigate the program, we have used colours and session codes to indicate themes and gathered them into themed tracks which use the same Zoom room throughout the conference:

Environment Track

• Sessions have a red colour,
• They are coded ET01, ET02, ET03, etc.
• They are streamed in the Environment Track

Community Track

• Sessions have a yellow colour,
• They are coded CT01, Ct02, etc.
• They are streamed in the Community Track

Data Track

• Sessions have a dark blue colour,
• They are coded DT01, DT02, DT03, etc.
• They are streamed in the Data Track

Open Tracks: Methods and Objects

• Sessions have no colour,
• They are coded OT01, OT02, OT03, etc.
• They are stremed in the Open Track

Open Track: Political Discourse Analysis

• Sessions have a green-blue colour,
• They are stremed in the Political Discourse Track

Show-and-Tell Reels

All Show and Tell presentations will be streamed in their track. Show and Tells are short presentations or pitches that are pre-recorded and thematically assembled. They will loop throughout the afternoon with ample opportunity to interact with the presenters and their projects. All Show and Tells will be featured with visual material on the DHNB website.

Keynotes have been confirmed for DHNB 2023.

Check out more information on the Keynote speaker webpage!

The events will be held on-site at the University of Oslo Library, the University of Bergen Library, and The Greenhouse at the University of Stavanger.

All keynotes will also be live-streamed for online participants.

Register for the DHNB2023 conference on ConfTool: https://www.conftool.org/dhnb2023/.

The DHNB 2023 Conference is now open for registration. The Conference will be held online and will feature a variety of topics on our theme of Sustainability: Environment, Community, and Data in the digital humanities. Create an account and register on ConfTool to secure your spot!

The Program Committee and the Organising Committee are working on drafting a complete conference program. A preliminary program will be published on our website by the end of January 2023. Stay tuned!

Workshops Published

The DHNB 2023 Conference workshops have been published and are available to view on the DHNB2023 Conference workshops webpage. The Conference offers a mix of both in-person and online workshops, and a range of topics will be covered. To sign-up follow the instructions on the specific Conference’s page.

The Program Committee and the Organising Committee are working on drafting a full conference program. A preliminary program will be published on our website by the end of January 2023. Stay tuned!

Notifications Sent to Authors

On December 15th, notifications were sent to all authors who submitted proposals to DHNB2023. We received 85 submissions for long papers, panels, show-and-tell presentations and workshops. All accepted proposals will be published in the Book of Abstracts. All authors of accepted proposals will also be invited to submit full papers for the Conference Proceedings. As in previous years, we are publishing the proceedings with CEUR workshop series. Detailed instructions and the timeline for submissions, reviews, and production of the proceedings will be communicated to authors on December 20th 2022.

The Program Committee and the Organising Committee are now working on drafting the program. A preliminary program will be published on our website by the end of January 2023. Stay tuned!

Program Committee

The DHNB2023 Program Committee is chaired by Annika Rockenberger (Norway).

The members of the PC are, in alphabetical order:

• Emma Aadland (Norway)
• Anda Baklāne (Latvia)
• Peder Gammeltoft (Norway)
• Sofie Gilbert (Norway)
• Finn Arne Jørgensen (Norway)
• Lars Kjær (Denmark)
• Torsten Roeder (Germany)
• Juliane Tiemann (Norway)
• Costanza Navarretta (Denmark)
• Jurgita Vaičenonienė (Lithuania)

SUBMIT WORKSHOPS UNTIL 15 NOVEMBER!

Workshops can be submitted for DHNB2023 until Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 23:59 CET.

Submit abstracts via ConfTool, or send your proposal to dhnb2023@dhnb.eu. Read the call for submissions for requirements and specifications.

Workshops

• for you who want to have a local, in-person event adjacent to the virtual conference
• for you who want to have a hybrid (in-person and online) event
• for you who want to have a fully online event
• for you who want to teach a digital tool, method, or other relevant research activity
• for DHNB working groups to gather and present their work
• for any other format that addresses or embodies aspects of community building and maintenance in a local setting
• during March 2023, before and/or after the conference
• 400–600 words abstract

Still unsure? Talk to us!

Sign up for the DHNB Slack and join the #dhnb2023 channel.

Or write to us at dhnb2023@dhnb.eu.